European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                One new York restaurant owner even has a Peacock suited Presley Dummy As a draw. Cashing in on by Victoria Graham associated pms in plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling the  Joseph Conrad 1919.s Ince Elvis Presley died one year ago hucksters and Hardy businessmen have fanned the Elvis fever and pressed a new commercial record of solid sometimes sordid  King of Rock a Roll who earned $12 Mil Boa t year with his recordings and concerts alone still is at tartness. In sheer Buck Power Elvis the myth an memory May Well rival Elvis the Man from Tupelo miss. Hard figures Are hard to come by and no one can at a a Tolar Len on Bow Emma been capitalized h death Bat Money and mourning have formed a . Ria records will Only say and that holds for other ave related ventures that sales this year have been Persona Tor underwent plastic surgery to mimic Elvis sneering lips. A promoter unveiled a life size statue that wears the famed Peacock suit and seems to sweat As Elvis did in concert. And boys and girls the fan who writes the Best 100words on what Elvis Presley Means to me will win Elvis Madison Square Garden jumpsuit and Cape. Like pilgrims paying homage and buying relics the people pay to touch Elvis Presley s Cadillac Eldorado near his Memphis mansion a Dollar to have your picture taken near it $2 to Mena. B l�75. Elvis bad sold 500 million records and it is is Ngn that another 350 million have been sold since. 200 Effloa after his death last aug. 16.and or 12 months mammon has smiled on Book and pal hone publishers impersonators and look alikes. 5"nuon, promoters a fleeting Broadway show Souve maker and vendors of  the anniversary of death approached the emotional commercial Tempo quickened Manchu motels Are booked solid. Trinkets Are so of to. The National enquirer discloses Job Presley s three secret  the Star for the first time since Elvis death. Priscila we the loved him until the tragic  mentions to an pc Ujj the anniversary of his death concerts conventi tributes will Hood the country All building up to and catharsis extravaganza Bonanza next month on the vegas  year Long Wake has us bizarre Asp cd to one in Presley Memorabilia is a big Bucks Biz. Tuesday August 15, 1978 daily Magazine be photographed touching it s5 ii you want to sit behind the wheel and transport your imagination. Vester Presley Elvis 63-year-old Uncle squints at the vendors and queues of fans 10.000 a Day of late Wholine up to pass the grave where Elvis is buried beside his  that Sells they re Gonna sell  says pc Star i Don t like it too much but there s nothing Youcan  he has written a Book. A Presley  that Sells for up to $25 almost 10 million copies of More than a dozen books have been sold since Elvis death. The top seller about s million books at $1.95 apiece has been Ballantine s Elvis what happened by the Star s bodyguards a told to Steve Dunleavy. At least five More books Are in the works including Doubleday s $7.95 the boy who dared to Rock by Paul Lichter. Elvis Friend High priest of Memorabilia and promoter of a three Day Elvis tribute in new York. Others Are getting into the writing act. De Parker Elvis former karate teacher has written inside Elvis and there is a reprint of my life with. Elvis by Becky Yancey his personal Secretary. In the recording Field there was such a Rush of orders after Elvis death that old albums sold out and had to be repressed. Ria released a million seller concert album a 15-record set of 45s. And a new album called Elvis sings for  Brookville marketing an Ria Licensee advertises Elvis records on television and vice president Norman Roseman reports 1.2 million records and tapes wort More than $10 million have been sold in the past year. Almost overnight there was a phenomenal outpouring of orders Roseman says. But i now think that the loom is off the Rose As far As the Elvis Bonanza is con  Elvis souvenirs both Bootleg and legitimate have reaped tremendous profits with everything from Elvis Presley Bubble gum and swizzle Sticks to so Limoges plates and $50 China busts. Factors Etc. Inc., of Bear del., official licensing agent for Elvis Memorabilia won t talk Money but it has 35 products on the Market and is mapping strategy for the next seven  the Bear Geissler president of factors says the company carefully guards its rights and has file about 200 lawsuits against unlicensed products. When Elvis died there were hundreds of things out there Geissler says lots of junk and there still is bootlegging. But junk in t moving anymore. People  he says one entrepreneur who was paid to haul 10,000 Ceramic hotplates to a junk Yard pasted photos of Elvison them and sold them for $5 each to someone who turned around and sold them for $10  Elvis fan can spend $1 for a key ring to $280 for a miniature Gold i a guitar. Factors also plans an Elvis music Box an  and an Elvis Board game shaped like a guitar depicting the highlights of his life. Nut year be ready for factors line of Elvis cosmetics for men and women and a line of Elvis jump suits. No item of Presley Ana is too trivial for the True fan poem about Elvis copies of his Driver s License marriage certificate will army dog tag even his hotel registration and thank you notes Are available. The entertainment Field is congested with Elvis look alikes and some not so alikes including a woman who gyrate in joints and nightclubs from Tupelo to Las  the top Are a dozen or so old timers like Jesse King " " i scores copied Elvis for four years Calls himself the big  an claims a fan club of 40,000 when Elvis died 1 wanted to quit but they begged Menot to says Seth. He spends thousands of dollars to duplicate Elvis suits and hours on end studying video tapes of Elvis to get every Eyebrow twitch and Finger move ment right. That s what fans  one Impersonator. Dennis Wise underwent Plas tic surgery to transform his face and up to match the famed Presley sneer. I ibo i ire promote with the question. Was the pain Worth it after Elvis died an obscure Singer. Ronnie Mcdowell was outside a nightclub in Bowling Green by. And dashed off a song called the King is  it sold 3million copies and made Mcdowell a Star in death Elvis Presley even made it on Broadway in a production called Elvis the legend lives it opened Jan 31. 1978 sixteen weeks later u died the stars and stripes Pago 13